Etymology

Cawthorne

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2807). Full definition →

Old English cald
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromcald“cold”
  2. English todayCawthorne

From Old English cald (“cold”) + þorn (“thornbush”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcald all →

coldCaldwellCaldecottColbeckCalcuttColebrookeCalcottConiston Cold

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